Discos in snow picture thread!

[mbw]

It's that time of year folks, SNOW! Once we get some more I want to pack up the recovery gear, find a few brave friends and head into some deep stuff, but for now, let's hear how the tires are doing in the snow and what it looks like in the cold stuff.

Today I was just amused by all the poor saps who don't drive an LR4. Crappy tires, front wheel drive, no electronic auto-locking diffs. The silent armors did better than I expected on stopping this beast. As for take off, well, I used grass/gravel/snow of course and a bit of throttle and both diffs lock up and you just GO!

Let's see your snow rover pictures! (all LR models are welcome of course)

 

[bromhead]

awesome.
tell me about your tires. what size Silent Armors?

 

[mbw]

awesome.
tell me about your tires. what size Silent Armors?

265/65R18 on the compomotive PD1880

 

[Lone Star landy]

If only I had some snow to play in! Darn.

 

[AxelR]

265/65R18 on the compomotive PD1880

Hey MBW

I am still waiting for 18s but I noticed that the tires you picked are not rated XL and max pressure is 44psi.

How do you deal with this? Still inflate to 36/42?

Axel

 

[Kaaae]

psh.... no chance of snow here.....

 

[mbw]

Hey MBW

I am still waiting for 18s but I noticed that the tires you picked are not rated XL and max pressure is 44psi.

How do you deal with this? Still inflate to 36/42?

Axel

The load rating is a bit higher than the stock ones, and yes, they do fine at 36/42. I put a little more in the fronts normally. They seem fine at 40/42.

They didnt have an XL in the size i wanted and 2469 lbs. is plenty for my purposes (including pulling a good sized trailer). They have pretty good sidewalls as it is, kevlar and whatnot.

 

[Finlayforprez]

Awesome photo! While we don't have snow here in the SF bay area, it's just a relatively short drive away (2-3 hours) for some great snow trails. Our place in UT is on the AZ border, so not too much snow there compared to the north.

I can't wait to go back home to MA in a few weeks and go play up in NH, though I won't have my LR4. :-( Maybe Axel can bring his!

 

[AxelR]

Awesome photo! While we don't have snow here in the SF bay area, it's just a relatively short drive away (2-3 hours) for some great snow trails. Our place in UT is on the AZ border, so not too much snow there compared to the north.

I can't wait to go back home to MA in a few weeks and go play up in NH, though I won't have my LR4. :-( Maybe Axel can bring his!

Always ready to play in the snow David

 

[AxelR]

The load rating is a bit higher than the stock ones, and yes, they do fine at 36/42. I put a little more in the fronts normally. They seem fine at 40/42.

They didnt have an XL in the size i wanted and 2469 lbs. is plenty for my purposes (including pulling a good sized trailer). They have pretty good sidewalls as it is, kevlar and whatnot.

XL is actually for the maximum pressure. It allows to get to 51psi.

In the case of the LR4 it's a pretty good thing as the recommended pressure is at 42 for the rear and pressure increases or decreases by 1psi every 10 degrees. It also increases as the tires get warmer when you drive for more than 5 minutes it turns out I've never really noticed much of a difference after driving around town.

In any case, I like the tires you picked (severe weather rated) but I'm most likely go with a XL or E rated tire.

Axel